Hi Luba, interesting question. I'd say my need, urge, to urinate is less frequent now. I was very impressed with the catheter when I had it after surgery. It was the first time in years I'd slept for eight hours without waking up from the need to go. Eight/ten hours of uninterrupted sleep. Ahhhhhh!

Now that the catheter is long gone I still have nights I sleep right through, and during the day I can drink a pile of coffee and outlast younger men in a meeting.

Absolutely! I'm in the Sleepless club, myself. Also, similar stats to him on the other side of the border. For those of us who aren't having problems with incontinence, urination can be the surprise bonus from surgery. I use to feel like I knew the location of every bathroom in my city. I couldn't go for a 2 hour hike without ducking behind a tree to pass some water. Now, when we go out, it's me waiting for my wife to come out of the bathroom. I can drink 16 oz of coffee and go to work and skip the bathroom break altogether. I feel like I could pee farther than a 10 year old.

Right after surgery it was a little sore so I'd get up at night to try to urinate. After things healed, never.

For those with incontinence, they must be going to urinate more often to keep from leaking, but that too will pass.

A few weeks back I met someone who was treated with radiation (seeds) about 7-8 years ago. Initially he did great, but in the last couple of years he'd lost his erections and started getting some dribbling leakage of urine. So, everyone has a different road to walk. Hope your husband is lucky like Sleepless and me and just doesn't have the urge to urinate because he's not obstructed anymore.